More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come

More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come

July 18, 2019

More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The list, updated on Thursday night, has assessed the extinction risk of almost 106,000 species and found more than a quarter are in trouble.